| Title | Satellite thermal observation of oil slicks on the persian gulf |
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| Author | Asanuma, I; Muneyama, K; Sasaki, Y; Iisaka, J; Yasuda, Y; Emori, Y |
| Source | Remote Sensing of Environment vol. 19, no. 2, 1986 p. 171-186, https://doi.org/10.1016/0034-4257(86)90070-2 |
| Year | 1986 |
| Alt Series | Natural Resources Canada, Contribution Series 20181277 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV |
| Document | serial |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | paper; on-line; digital |
| File format | pdf |
| Subjects | geophysics; remote sensing |
| Program | Canada Centre for Remote Sensing Divsion |
| Released | 1986 04 01 |
| Abstract | A possibility of oil slicks detection is discussed for oil slicks spread in the vicinity of the Nowruz oil fields on the Persian Gulf since March 1983 to July 1983 with considering an apparent thermal
inertia. The apparent thermal was computed from continuous observations of sea surface temperature and albedo by the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the NOAA-7 through day and night with 12 h interval. The apparent thermal inertia
is defined as a function of a temperature difference between the daytime and the nighttime and an apparent albedo. Sea surface temperature used for computing the apparent thermal inertia was obtained through an atmospheric correction with an
empirical equation which uses an energy difference between two thermal channels of the AVHRR. Although there was an ambiguity on a selection of same object on water body, the computed apparent thermal inertia showed the possibility of oil slicks
detection from sea water. © 1986. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 311631 |
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